Christina Collingwood , BACP

Christina Collingwood is a UK-based therapist with four years of professional experience supporting people through stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, depression, and major life transitions. She works with a broad range of concerns including dissociation, family problems, guilt and shame, obsessions and compulsions, panic attacks, self-harm, matters related to sexual assault and abuse, women's issues, and workplace difficulties. Christina brings a compassionate, respectful, and sensitive approach to each therapeutic relationship and adapts her work to meet the specific needs of the individual she is working with.

Holding BACP credentialing - the UK professional association for counsellors and psychotherapists - Christina grounds her practice in evidence-informed methods and in listening carefully to each person’s story. She employs client-centered principles to create a supportive, nonjudgmental space and uses trauma-focused techniques when addressing the aftereffects of abuse or other traumatic experiences. Her aim is to help clients build practical coping strategies, process difficult emotions, and find clearer direction and purpose.

Christina understands that taking the first step toward therapy takes courage. She works collaboratively to tailor sessions to a client’s goals, preferences, and pace, offering empathetic guidance throughout the therapeutic journey.

Approaches That Guide Online Therapy

Christina often draws on client-centered therapy, which emphasizes empathy, active listening, and a collaborative relationship where the client’s perspective guides the pace and focus of sessions. This approach helps people who are navigating stress, depression, life changes, and relationship or workplace concerns to feel heard and supported as they explore goals and coping strategies.

She also uses trauma-focused therapy when addressing the effects of abuse and other traumatic experiences. This work typically combines careful stabilization, processing of traumatic memories at a manageable pace, and skills to reduce symptoms like dissociation, panic, or overwhelming shame, aiming to restore a greater sense of safety and agency.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and is decided collaboratively. Christina will work with each person to identify which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences, adjusting the plan as progress unfolds.

Online therapy with Christina can take place by video call, phone session, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for people with busy schedules, mobility limits, or geographic constraints. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care while fitting therapy into everyday life.